This is an integrated collection of updated and expanded essays, some of them endorsed by leading harpsichordists. Only a few chapters are specific for the harpsichord: most of the book applies to... More > all the Baroque keyboard instruments. Several colour figures are included, as well as musical examples from well-known Baroque works. Thorough guidance is provided about ornamentation, articulation, tempi, registration, sesquialter rhythms, notes inégales and further topics that have been found to be useful to the modern performer of Baroque keyboard music, whether amateur, advanced student or professional player. This 2nd revised and expanded edition includes a thorough history of the harpsichord and a full treatment of French Baroque dances. Find excerpts and a review in http://play.braybaroque.ie/< Less

This is a comprehensive set of Baroque keyboard pieces, fully fingered according to the principles expounded in the eBook "Baroque Keyboard Fingerings: A Method", also available from Lulu.... More >
The scores included in this edition range from easy to advanced, and cover most of the technical difficulties and tonalities found in the Baroque repertoire, especially when playing scales and/or ornaments.
A 13-page introductory text gives full details on the edition and on each piece, with suggestions for performance.
This edition is meant for players of all early-model keyboards: harpsichords, virginals, clavichords and organs. A few pieces are specific for the harpsichord. A piece for organ with pedals has been included. The eBook is formatted for both easy printing and reading from any personal computer. Please find more details and excerpts in http://master.braybaroque.ie/< Less

An old-fingering method for students and performers of Baroque keyboards. After its first version of 1983, enhanced editions received very favourable comments,including an endorsement by Igor Kipnis.... More > This 6th revised edition, based on decades of studies and performance, is as always the most comprehensive work in the field, with 174 fingered passages and a bibliography of sources. Scales and other passages are resolved with fifty-plus fingering Rules based on examples with original fingerings from the Baroque era. Old fingerings are also suggested for difficult passages in the repertoire. Find a recently published review and excerpts in http://finger.braybaroque.ie/< Less

This is an edition of selected Ordres from François Couperin's "Pièces de Clavecin", fully fingered following the principles expounded in the eBook "Baroque Keyboard... More > Fingerings: A Method" [also available from Lulu], based on the
examples in the composer's "L'Art de Toucher le Clavecin". These fingerings have been used through the author's experience of more than 30 years playing these pieces in recitals. A 31-page introductory text provides full details on this edition and on each piece, with suggestions for performance: registration, ornamentation, articulation and notes inégales. The eBook is formatted for both easy printing and reading from any personal computer. Find more details and excerpts in http://couperin.braybaroque.ie/.< Less

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